Organised Labour has expressed its displeasure over the ongoing sale of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) shares in four hotels to Rock City Hotel, owned by Bryan Acheampong, the Minister of Agriculture.
The group has asked the government to halt the process, warning of a potential nationwide strike by workers should the government ignore them and proceed.
SSNIT is almost done selling its 60% shares in Labadi Beach Hotel, LA Palm Royal Beach Resort, Ride Royal Hotel, and Elmina Beach Resort to Rock City Hotel.
North Tongu MP Okudzeto Ablakwa has petitioned CHRAJ asking for a probe into allegations of abuse of power, lack of due process, procurement breaches, cronyism, graft and including conflict of interest.
At a press conference in Accra on Monday, the Secretary-General of the Trades Union Congress, Dr Yaw Baah, said “The process is going on and in fact they are even speeding it up and we don’t think that is right.
“We do not think that the regulation that guides the sale of state assets was followed. We do not think that the necessary due diligence was done. we cannot imagine that state properties will be sold to a minister of state.”
“For us, it is state capture and that should be stopped and stopped immediately. And if the Minister for Pensions who is also the Minister for Employment and Labour Relations fails to stop SSNIT, we workers of Ghana, we own the funds, we will stop that process.”
Source: Kasapafmonline.com
